New York Knicks
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Duren’s $9.6M QO seen as fallback if long-term deal stalls
The Pistons center has leverage in extension talks, but accepting the qualifying offer would leave money on the table.
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Knicks Face a $272 Million Extension Question With Karl-Anthony Towns, per New York Post
Karl-Anthony Towns is eligible for a four-year, $272 million extension the Knicks have not offered, per the New York Post, and the free-agency math gives both sides reasons to wait.
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Mavericks’ Cissé Match Sends Knicks’ Backup-Center Search Back to the Minimum Market
Dallas matched New York’s two-year, $4.7 million offer sheet for Moussa Cissé, ending the Knicks’ cleanest path to a young third center. What’s left is the veteran-minimum bin — and a stronger case for Tyler Nickel’s roster spot.
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Knicks Sign Mavericks Restricted Free Agent Moussa Cissé to Two-Year Minimum Offer Sheet
The Knicks signed Mavericks restricted free agent center Moussa Cissé to a two-year minimum offer sheet, per Shams Charania of ESPN. Dallas has until Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET to match.
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Knicks Face a Stash-or-Sign Question on Jack Kayil After an Up-and-Down Summer League
Jack Kayil’s 19-point night against Detroit had outlets asking whether the Knicks should scrap the plan to stash him in Berlin. The full four-game record — and New York’s roster math — makes the case for patience.
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Tyler Nickel Making a Case for the Knicks’ 14th Roster Spot After Two Summer League Games
The second-round pick is averaging 17 points and shooting 47.6 percent from three in Las Vegas, and The Athletic’s James Edwards III reports the Knicks could give him a standard deal instead of a two-way.
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Jordan Clarkson Agrees to One-Year, $3.9 Million Deal to Return to Knicks
Jordan Clarkson is coming back to the defending champions on a one-year, $3.9 million deal, per Shams Charania of ESPN — another minimum-priced solution from a front office with no other kind available.
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Knicks Should Not Be Considered a LeBron James Destination, Reports SNY’s Ian Begley
Jake Fischer reported the champs showed some interest in LeBron James. Ian Begley, after talking to people connected to the situation, says the idea can be put to bed.
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Knicks Still Hunting a Long-Term Backup Center as Andre Drummond Deal Becomes Official
The moratorium lifts today and Andre Drummond can formally sign — but the champs’ repeated runs at Yves Missi, per Chris Haynes, say New York views its backup-center job as unfinished business.
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Knicks Sign Andre Drummond to One-Year, $3.9 Million Deal to Back Up Karl-Anthony Towns
New York fills the hole Mitchell Robinson left behind, and the reimbursement rules mean the champs pay even less than the sticker price.